Business Management

The how-to of innovation--the process for rapidly creating new products and services--is presented by the source that created Tide, the computer mouse, high-definition television, and is now pioneering robotic surgery.Nothing is more important to business success than innovation . . . And here's wha... More

CONTENTS PrefaceIntroduction1.   Trait Approach2.   Skills Approach3.   Style Approach4.   Situational Approach5.   Contingency Theory6.   Path-Goal Theory7.   Leader-Member Exchange Theory8.   Transformational Leadership9.   Team Leadership10. Psychody... More

For courses in Organization Development, Organizational Behavior and Organizational Change.An Experiential Approach to Organization Development provides both a conceptual and experiential approach to the study of Organizational Development with a focus on developing interpersonal skills. It gives st... More

The ultimate coaching goals as explained in this lucid book are:- To promote employee development through learning- To build organizational capacity through sharing learning with others- To build better relationships and more effective communication- To promote employee retention... More

The book offers a comprehensive, disciplined process model for making strategy work in the real world. It presents a systematic roadmap for execution that encompasses every key success factor: organizational structure, coordination, information sharing, incentives, controls, change management, cult... More

Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson have done it again! After building a useful framework for team performance in TeamWork they have gone on to collect and analyze exhaustive data that enriches and extends their original work. When Teams Work Best is a gem of a book...you can’t help but find it useful i... More

Over the past twenty years, the study of industrial organization—the analysis of imperfectly competitive markets—has grown from a niche of micro-economics to a key component of economics and of related disciplines such as finance, strategy, and marketing. This book provides an issue-driven intro... More

No major business decision is made without regard to its many impacts on the organization. Accurately measuring performance?of individuals, departments, projects, and initiatives?is the single best way to ensure strong, sustainable results. But many organizations have flawed or inconsistent measurem... More

This book attempts to identify the desirable and necessary approach to the teaching ofvalues as an integral part of the school curriculum. Thus, the book discussesthe accepted definitions of values and the interpretations available to us. Itthen profiles the conflicts in modern society where values ... More

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Teamwork is now seen as a central strategy in modern organizations for ensuring adaptability and effectiveness. But the reality of working in teams presents many practical difficulties.Research shows that for many tasks, performance in teams is only 75 per cent as effective as the performance of the... More

Laurie Beth Jones, management expert and business consultant extraordinaire, noticed that none of the personality/temperament profiles in the market today, none of them provided a tool that was simple, visual, intuitive, and powerful enough to create a shift in thinking as well as relating. So she d... More

This new and updated edition of a highly successful text provides a balanced coverage of the issues and processes associated with managing change. Using current examples and cases, it emphasizes that effective solutions to problems related to change need to combine technological, organizational and ... More

Intended for human resource professionals, personnel managers, specialists in HR planning, and students interested in the field, this complete and revised edition fuses information from a wide variety of disciplines including Organizational Behavior, Industrial Psychology, and Personal Management, a... More

Emotional Intelligence or Emotional Quotient (EQ) is increasingly being recognized as a key determinant to professional success in today??'s high-stress environment. This thoroughly revised Third Edition of a highly acclaimed book is an essential guide to recognize, understand, and manage emotions. ... More